Thread-guide.



J. JEFFERS.

' THREAD GUIDE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1912.

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Application filed August a1, 1912. Serial No. 716,126.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JESSIE Jnrrnns, a citizen of the United States, residing in Nhitinsville, Massachusetts, have invented the following described new and useful Improvement in Thread-Guides;

This invention relates to thread guides for quillers and like machines, its purpose being to simplify and condense the structureof such machines so as to reduce complication and provide larger spaces around and back of the spindles as well as other conveniences which will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

In the drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred form of the invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation of two spindles of a' q'u'illing machine and a thread guide embodying this invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan of the guide of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the thread guide proper viewed from the right-hand side of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar view from the left-hand side, showing the holder and rod in section: Fig. '5 is a detail of the mode of making the twin guide eyes. F ig. 6 is a top plan, of a fied form, and Fig. 7 is an end view thereof.

position on the horizontal guide rod 1 of a quiller, midway between two adjacent quiller spindles 2, and the yarn is indicated by the dotted lines 3, as passing from above through the thread guide to each of the two spindles, the bobbins being omitted. The said thread guide comprises a straight shank portion 4, which has two closely adjacent guide eyes at its extremity, one for the yarn of each of the two adjacent spindles. The end of the shank is disposed in a hole 5 bored transversely through a holder or clamp member 6, which latter is formed with a general U-shaped cross section, so as to to embrace the rod 1. A set screw 7 is threaded into the top of the holder and thrusts against the rod so as to secure the holder in place thereon, as shown in Fig. 4:. At the same time the shank 4 is also secured to the rod 1, because its hole 5 intersects the rod seat in the member 6 and is therefore pressed against the under side of the rod, as will also be plain from the same figure. All three parts, that is to say, rod, holder and thread-guide shank, these being the thread-guiding means for two spindles, are

be adapted thus rigidly held by the action of the single set screw. By loosening this screw the holder can be moved longitudinally or rotationally on the rod or removed 7 entirely, laterally therefrom, and the thread-guide shank 1 can be moved into or out of its hole 5, as desired, being thereby readily adjustable in various different directions. I

The thread guide itself is most conveniently and simply made of a piece of round wire and the two guide eyes thereof are formed bybending such wire back on itself for a certain portion of its length beyond the end of the straight portion 4 which forms the shank; Thus, as indicated in Fig. 5, the two guide eyes may be formed by first bending the wire at about a right angle to the end of thestraight shank, forming the limb marked 8, then back 011 itselfforming the lower limb marked 9, thence beyond the end of the shank forming a third limb 10. j The double or folded portion of the wire consisting of the limbs 8 and .9, is then curled around spirally toward the shank until its extreme tip 11 points in a general forward and slightly iipward direction, as shown in Figs. .2 and 3, thus producing one of the guide In Fig. 1 the thread guide appears in its eyes. The third limb 10 is then similarly but reversely curved until its extremity 12 points in substantially the same direction, thereby producing the other guide eye. Both forwardly extending ends (11 and 12) extend sutficiently upward to provide a space beneath them to serve as an entrance for the yarn to the interior of the eye. The threading of the yarn in the eye is accomplished quickly and simply by pressing it against one or the other side of the straight shank 4, and then drawing it forwardly until it slips beneath the forwardly projecting tip 11 or 12, as the case may be, and then releasingit whereupon it will snap into positions such as indicated by the dotted lines 3 in Fig. 1, and wherein it will be confined safely against all ordinary tendencies to dislodge it. Notwithstanding the proximity of one thread to the other. the threading up can be easily accomplished in this manner without interfering with the adjacent thread.

In Figs. 6 and 7, the two guide eyes are formed at the end of the single straight shank 13, by bending the wire back parallel with the end of the shank for a short distance and then curling it around toward the holder provided at 15, where it is reversely crossing it over shank, as shown curled around, bringing the extreme tip or end 16 into an upwardly and forwardly projecting position, as shown. The two guide eyes thus formed are separated from each other by the projecting end 17 of the shank 13, and the yarn or thread inserted therein will be safely kept separate by this means. In this form it will be observed that there is only one yarn entrance for both eyes, such entrance being on the left-hand side of the shank between the projecting end 16 and the end 17 of the shank portion. Both threads however can be readily introduced into either eye through this entrance, as will be evident without further explanation. Of the two forms shown, the one first described is preferred, but both forms serve to hold the threads closely together and without interference, and both provide convenient and compact means for guiding the thread onto the bobbins. I claim:

1. In a quiller, thread-guide rod front, as shown at 14, then to the opposite side of the the combination with the thereof, of a thread guide 7 with a set screw by which it is held thereon and a thread guide in said holder having its shank subject to the pressure of the same set screw and held in position thereby.

2. In a quiller, a thread guide rod having a member removable laterally therefrom and provided with a set screw to hold it to the rod and a thread guide mounted in said member and held thereon by the same screw.

8. In a quiller, a thread guide rod having a member adjustable longitudinally and rotationally thereon, a thread guide adjustably mounted in the said member and a single clamping device adapted to secure both said parts immovably to the rod,

i. A thread-guide comprising a threadguide rod, a wire-formed shank bent to form two adjacent guide eyes at the end, a holder for said shank, and a single set screw for securing the shank and holder in position on the rod.

5. A quiller thread-guide consisting of a wire having a shank and a'portion folded upon itself the said foldedportion being curled to form a guide-eye, and also having an unfolded portion which is curled to form a second guide-eye.

6. A quiller thread-guide consisting of a wire having a straight shank portion at the end of which the wire is bent first rearwardly and then forwardly to form a guideeye at one side of the shank and then rearwardly and again forwardly forming a sec- 0nd guide-eye at the opposite side of the shank.

In testimony whereof, Ihave signed this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

. JESSE JEFFERS.

Witnesses:

HENRY A. OWEN, OSCAR L. OWEN.

Washington, D. G.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 

